Search engine problem

Discussion in 'Forum Questions and Suggestions' started by rwatson, Aug 29, 2013.

  1. rwatson
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    rwatson Senior Member

    If I search for

    Everything Old is new again - Flettner Rotor Ship is launched

    and exact Copy/Paste for the thread title, it cant find it

    Why is it so , I wonder ??
     
    rwatson, Aug 29, 2013
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    Boat Design Net Moderator Moderator

    The Google site search generally works more easily for searching phrases.

    The internal search works if you put that thread title in quotes, i.e. search for
    "Everything Old is new again - Flettner Rotor Ship is launched"
    with quotes around the phrase to search for the whole phrase as a phrase.

    (Searching for the whole string as individual keywords, it seems to be the - which throws off the internal keyword search as without quotes Everything Old is new again Flettner Rotor Ship is launched works - noted for future.)
     
    Boat Design Net Moderator, Aug 29, 2013
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  3. rwatson
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    rwatson Senior Member

    Thanks for that info.

    I will be sure to do better thread titles in the future
     
    rwatson, Aug 29, 2013
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